This Tomboy Doesn't Like Change!

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( 1 week and 1 day earlier.)

Ely's Pov.

I sit in the camp talking with some of my buddies when our talk was interrupted by a loud BOOM!

"What the hell was that?" Tyler asked. "Sounds like a bomb went..." I was interrupted by another loud BOOM!

"Sounds like bombs are going off!" I shout over another loud BOOM!

We look at the sky to see smoke rising into the air. We can even see the fire starting to rage over the ground.

It looks like the bombs are going off about 15 miles away. The sky is know full of smoke and ash.

"Go to the bunkers!" Ricky yells. We all rush to the bunkers.

The one I enter is empty besides a dog. It jumps up and growls at me. "Whoa I'm not gonna hurt you." I tell the dog calmly.

I shut the door so the dog doesn't run out. It walks up and sniffs me.

It then walks over to a bed and jumps up on it and lays down. I walk over to the bed and I read the name plate.

'Nathaniel, A. RiverStone' the name plate says. "Is Nathaniel your owner?" I ask. Wait of course it cannot answer and besides it probably doesn't even know it's owners name.

It then barks. "I'll take that as a yes." I tell it. Why am I even talking to a dog I probably sound and look crazy.

"What's your name buddy?" I ask it. It jumps off the bed and walks over to me. Know I see that it has a collar.

I look at the collar it says 'Captain' on it. "Well then Captain is Nathaniel your owner?" I ask him. Wait I already asked that question. I'm such an idiot.

He barks once. "I'll take this as a yes." I tell him.

Captain walks back over to Nathaniel's bed and he lies down on it. I look to see who's bed I'm gonna sleep on.

The name plate says 'Cole, W. NearStrand' well then Cole thanks for letting me use your bed. Even though he didn't actually say I could use it but whatever.

I then slowly drift off to sleep. When I open my eyes all I can see is shadows. I rub my eyes then I can see better.

Captain is watching me. Moving his head every time I move. "What?" I ask him.

He gets up and walks over to the door and he start scratching it. "Ah you have to go potty." I tell him. He barks in response.

I get up and walk over to the door. I open it and he walks out. I walk out and shut the door behind me. The sun is just starting to rise so it must be around six in the morning.

"Ely get over here." Tyler demands. I walk over to him and the others. "The fire has died down and the bombs stopped going off somewhere around one am this morning. If the scouting group does not return in two days we will send out a group of searchers to find them." Tyler explains.

We hear a growl come from behind us. Tyler whirls around to see a very angry Captain. "Who's dog is that?!?!" Tyler snarls.

"Captain is petty officer RiverStone's dog." Jake says. "Where is petty officer RiverStone?" Tyler demands.

"She is with the scouting group." Jake replies. Huh so Nathaniel is a girl. I was not expecting that.

"Then who can control this mutt?" Tyler growls. "I can." I say with confidence. "Captain heel." I command and he automatically says heels.

"Sit!" I command. Then he sits. I look down at him. Captain frowns back at me.

"Two days and if they don't show up we send a search party out. Got that?" Tyler asks.